The flashlights! The other night while we were on our date I decided to get the boys these cool, very inexpensive Buzz Light Year flashlights. They are super neat, you put these caps with images on the end and then when you are in a dark room you can shine them on the wall and the shadows of the images show up. So anyhow........to get on with the story. On Friday I had taken the boys & Maggie Beth to Pump it Up and there at Pump it up they have the insane 25 cent "Toy/Junk dispensers." (At least that is what I will kindly call them..........you know all the assorted color bouncy balls, Tattoo's, and now ALIENS). So, I am excited about our day at Pump it Up, it is a special treat since it costs $7/child to go and the boys bounced so much and went down the slide so much that they even took naps that afternoon............anyhow..........but when we are about to leave Hezekiah is like insane about these Aliens in this dispenser.........so Eli gets on the bandwagon too. So, I say to them, "If we have 2 quarters in the car then we can come back and get them........if we DO NOT have quarters then we will not get them." So we take the LONG WALK to the Envoy.........where I dig through my console looking for quarters............to no avail there are NO.........quarters for Aliens. So I have to deliver the bad news to the adamant boys that there will be no Aliens today. So what happens? All ballisticness (I know that is not a word........but we will use it instead of another word here...) breaks loose. Hezekiah throws up his hands like he is Frankenstein and squints his eyes and starts to pretend cry/real cry and Eli seeing his older brother acting in such a way that is disgusting to me that he decides to act the same way. I was so livid..........I was just like, "You would think a 5 and 3 year old would appreciate the measures that their mother went to today to give them a fun day at Pump it Up and that they would appreciate Maggie Beth not taking her nap so they could have a fun time..........but NO, they are throwing a royal fit about some 25 cent junk Aliens.............not even one Thank you mommy for taking us to Pump it Up, it was so much fun...........so I let them know in no uncertain terms know how disappointed I was in their behavior...............so no good deed goes unpunished.So why did I start with the flashlights? Well, this good deed as well did not go without punishment too...........since Mrs. Bolick gave Hezekiah some glow in the dark stickers for his room the boys have had so much fun looking at their glow in the dark stars at night that we even have to turn off the night light. So, I thought oh, this will be so much fun with their little flashlights at night. I truly must live in a dream world b/c those boys had way too much fun! What was I thinking I ask myself??? Well, I did allow a bit of fun of course.........but we had to put an end to it after awhile of hilarious fun for two little boys who enjoy flashlights and anything that glows in the dark. Oh my little boys.......live it up till Mommy takes all the fun away! Live it up!

Our fun times these beautiful evenings in Florida have entailed Monster Jam Madness! Really just lots of dirt and Monster Jams. Hezekiah with the hose makes mud so that the Monster Jams can drive through the mud/dirt and on the ramps made of Page's scrap wood with concrete blocks. It is a lot of fun and pretty messy, so I have decided that every night that is bath night we can play in the dirt outback with the monster jams. The Monster Jams have funny names such as Monster Mutt and Bulldozer and Grave digger. Here are some pictures of their feet Page took for me. Maggie Beth is sweet, she just swings in her swing and laughs sometimes at her brothers, but pretty much contently swings and smiles.

Maggie Beth is 10 months old now! I cannot believe it! She is crawling, eating Baby mum mum's all by herself, and she is just precious as can be. It is unbelievable to me that she will be a year old here in 2 months! Where does the time go? I am just so thankful that I get to spend each day with her! Anyhow here are some pictures of our walk in Erna Nixon park this afternoon. Check out Page's blog for some shots of the boys!

Today we had some friends over to have a pizza making party. The boys all helped make the dough, patted their dough out to make individual pizzas and then added all their ingredients. It was cute to see how much or how little sauce they used as well as how much or how little cheese and pepperonis they used. I think Hezekiah and Logan get the vote for the most sauce, Alston the vote for the least sauce, Eli the vote for the most cheese (we will just call it a small mountain of cheese), and Dawson gets the vote for making his pizza with equal amounts of all ingredients. For most creative Alston receives the award for making his pizza a Mickey Mouse pizza. Crack me up. Anyhow, it was not as messy as I had expected it to be. We did not get anything on the floor at all, which for 5 little 5 and under boys is pretty spectacular! Enjoy!

Today Hezekiah brought his planet/space picture home with his astronaut. I was so impressed with his artwork I thought I would blog it. I love all of the color. They had been cutting out planets and painting them. On the rocket that is blasting into space is his little picture. The astronaut of himself is too cute. Anyhow I hope you too enjoy his artwork. Our friend Casey also came by to show baby bunnies to Hezekiah and Eli. Hezekiah was all about the bunnies. Eli was not too happy that I tried to wake him to see the bunnies, so he threw a fit so I told him to go back to bed. So thanks to Casey, now Hezekiah is asking like every 5 minutes for a bunny. "Mommy, when are we going to get a bunny?" "I am going to name my bunny Henry." "Can we go to the store and get a bunny right now?" "Mommy, I think those bunnies want to sleep with me in my bed." He was too funny about those little cute bunnies! We decided the bunnies should be called Hezekiah and Eli that Mrs. Casey brought by, he just kept holding them and he got a blanket for them and then he put his P.J.'s around them. So, thanks to Casey Hezekiah wants a bunny, and Eli said he wanted a parrot? I do not know where the idea of a parrot came from, but it's name he said will be Thorn or something that sounds like that.

Hezekiah has been asking me to make chocolate covered pretzels for over a week and so last Friday we made them and gooey gum drops. Eli thought the gum drops were too spicy! Hezekiah had told me for like 4 days straight that on Friday he wanted to make the pretzels, the gooey gum drops, and go to the park. So we did all three and at the park we had a picnic. The pictures of the park here, however, are from Sunday when we went to a local park and they have the course with all the different exercise stations, so we all decided to do the exercises............it was cute to see Hezekiah and Eli trying to do jumping jacks, toe touches, push ups, sit ups, pull-ups and more! Adorable!

We had the opportunity to visit South Carolina this past weekend and to our surprise it snowed. It has been awhile since I have seen snow and it was really beautiful. Reminded me of how God washes us as white as snow! Anyhow the boys were really excited to see the snow, especially Hezekiah. Eli really cried and did not want anything to do with it but I made him go out in it, because really living in Florida when are we ever going to have a chance to see snow again. And I think that there is a possibility that he may remember it?? Hezekiah will I am sure! Hezekiah just adventured all over with his little friends Mosely, London, and Bergen. Hezekiah and Eli really had a fun time. Hezekiah had his first sleep over and was able to sleep in the same room with friends, so that was a big time for him. Eli, I think tried out everyones bed and I think he liked London's the best. Crack me up! We have a funny picture of him sleeping in her bed with his face plastered against the rail..........that really should be my next blog I think. Anyhow, Keigley family, "WE LOVE YOU GUYS!"